Hey, any smart people out there?

[bktheirregular]

I went into poli-sci and then law because I bombed out of hard sciences like physics and engineering my first try through college. So am I delusional in thinking that it just might be that a glass door on the adjacent office might be acting as a sound conductor - maybe even a loudspeaker - rather than a sound baffle?

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[twistedchick]

You're not crazy. It depends on the way the glass is set into its framing, and the shape of the office, and whether there's something else glass on the opposite wall -- or metal -- that will resonate and bounce sound. But yes, a glass door could conduct sound.

Hey, any smart people out there?

[weirdweb.livejournal.com]

Just checked with the audiologist on the family- glass should impede the sound, not amplify it. If noise is still getting through, that may indicate the seal isn't very good...

Alternatively, you have noisy co-workers.

Re: Hey, any smart people out there?

[bktheirregular]

Well, the seal on the door isn't so much "not very good" as "nonexistent". And the door itself doesn't even have a frame - it's, literally, a tall sheet of glass with two hinges and a door latch assembly attached to it.

*And* noisy co-workers. *sigh*

[sroni.livejournal.com]

Here's my observations: glass amplifies sound while you're in the space with the glass. As for outside the glass, it should muffle, but not amplify.

But that's just my observations.